Pharmacies in Sheffield – The Most Accessible Primary Healthcare Teams

First and foremost, we are experts in all types of medication, whether it be in the form of tablets, liquids, inhalers, injections etc. Not only do we provide advice about your medication upon request and when dispensing any new medication, the NHS actually commission us to provide Medicine Use Reviews (MUR’s). MUR’s are where we sit down with you and got through your medication to make sure you know exactly how to get the most out of them and it’s an opportunity for you to ask anything you want about them, privately and confidentially. Another service we are commissioned for is the New Medicines Service (NMS). If someone is prescribed a new medicine for a specific condition, a pharmacist will call you personally over the following week to make sure you’re not experiencing any problems with it. Both of these services are free to the general public and MUR’s can be conducted at your request.

As well as providing these useful checks, most pharmacies are able to pack medication in monitored dosage systems if patients are having difficulty remembering to take their medication.

If all patients began using the Minor Ailments Service offered by pharmacies in Sheffield, we’d save the NHS millions of pounds every year let alone precious GP appointments and your time. Essentially, if you’re suffering from a minor ailment, such as a cough, a cold, athletes foot, period pains, cold sores etc, and you get free prescriptions under the NHS, instead of going to your GP to get a prescription, you can head straight to the pharmacy and get the medication over the counter.

Pharmacists have been delivering vaccinations for years now and it’s very commonplace to see a flu vaccination service in most pharmacies across England and Scotland. An increasing number of pharmacies in Sheffield are now providing travel vaccines as well as antimalarial treatment, and one of the most recent advancements in vaccine supply covers the genital human papilloma virus (HPV). As our scope continues to expand, we will no doubt be vaccinating against other diseases.

We’ve helped prevent thousands of unwanted pregnancies in Sheffield by offering the morning after pill to women of varying ages. Pharmacies can provide the emergency contraception free under the NHS or privately and all consultations are conducted confidentially. But our sexual health services extend much further than that these days. Some pharmacies are able to provide the regular contraceptive pill without the need to go to the doctor, medication to help with premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction.

The NHS Health Checks that pharmacies offer is very similar to the annual checkup you have done at your GP surgery but can be requested at any time of the year. They are designed to spot early signs of chronic conditions such as stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia. Your blood pressure will be taken, as well as your cholesterol and glucose blood levels during the consultation. Only a select number of pharmacies offer this kind of checkup currently, and you can find a pharmacy near you that might be offering this here.